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69 Covetousness quotes by 59 unique authors

The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of mind and heart; in pride,… — John of Kronstadt
Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food… — J. Reuben Clark
If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what we… — Alistair Begg
Bare-faced covetousness was the moving spirit of civilization from its first dawn to the present day; wealth, and again wealth, and for the third time… — Friedrich Engels
Being delivered from bodily sins is not enough; we must also cleanse the inner energy which dwells in our soul. For out of our hearts… — Gregory Palamas
Shall I tell you of their plundering, their covetousness, their abandonment of the poor, their thefts, their cheating in trade? — Saint John Chrysostom
Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I think if the church put in half the time on covetousness that it does on lust, this would be a better world for all… — Garrison Keillor
Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain. — Walter Scott
The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave. — Horace
It was with good reason that God commanded through Moses that the vineyard and harvest were not to be gleaned to the last grape or… — Martin Luther
Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed… — Brent L. Top
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. — Henri Rousseau
I love Prada. Not so much the clothes, which are for malnourished thirteen-year-olds, but I covet, with covety covetousness, the shoes and handbags. Like, I… — Marian Keyes
The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of covetousness: for a… — David Wilkerson
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets. — Cato the Elder
The whole attempt to advance the kind of consumer society that depends for its growth on the ceaseless stimulation of unlimited covetousness among the rich,… — Lesslie Newbigin
Other passions have objects to flatter them, and seem to content and satisfy them for a while; there is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury,… — Michel de Montaigne
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if me my garments… — William Shakespeare
Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil. — William Penn
We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have. — Ovid
The soul of man is infinite in what it covets. — Ben Jonson
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness. — John Milton
I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for… — Ayn Rand
Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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